News and Updates
Women and the Politics of Resistance: Law, Religion and Power in the Muslim World
Wednesdays, October 7 – December 9 11:15 AM – 12:45 PM ET Hosted on Zoom Register Here Course Overview In the modern Muslim world, many states emerging from conflict or shaped by authoritarian legacies sustain power through centralized systems of…Continue reading→
Words as Weapons: How Wikipedia Became a Battlefield for Cultural Heritage
Wednesdays, October 7 – December 9 9:30 AM – 11 AM ET Hosted on Zoom Register Here Course Overview Wikipedia presents itself as a neutral encyclopedia — the sum of human knowledge, freely shared. But beneath its familiar surface, a…Continue reading→
Refuge Without Refuge: Displacement, Gender Violence, and the Politics of Belonging Among Refugees in Europe and Turkey : A Comparative Study of Sudanese Displacement in France and Syrian Displacement in Turkey
Mondays, October 5 – December 7 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET Hosted on Zoom Register Here Course Overview This seminar opens with a core question at the heart of contemporary debates about displacement: what becomes of “protection” when its…Continue reading→
Gender, Representations, and Digital Media: Reclaiming Empowerment by Marginalized Communities
Mondays, October 5 – December 7 10:45 AM – 12:15 Hosted on Zoom Register Here Course Overview This seminar introduces key concepts for understanding gender, representation, and empowerment in the age of digital media. Women from war-torn regions such as…Continue reading→
AI and Human Rights in Conflict and Transition
Fridays, October 2 – December 4 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET Hosted on Zoom Register Here Course Overview This 10-week seminar series aims to equip participants with the critical knowledge and analytical frameworks needed to engage with the human…Continue reading→
Religion, Nationalism, and Resistance in Southeast Asia and its Diasporas
Fridays, October 2 – December 4 11:15 AM – 12:45 PM Hosted on Zoom Register Here Course Overview Southeast Asia is home to the world’s largest stateless population and some of the longest-running ethnic and religious conflicts, yet the region…Continue reading→
Anouar Rahmani, NUIEC Scholar Lecture Series
Country of Origin: AlgeriaFormerly hosted by City of Asylum. “The Salman Rushdie Attack: When a Literary Threat Becomes a Physical Scene” A lecture reflecting on the attack on Salman Rushdie and the terrifying moment when a decades-old threat against a…Continue reading→
Daria Vystavkina, NUIEC Scholar Lecture Series
Country of Origin: UkraineLocation: Germany “Autoethnography in Times of Censorship” When societies become polarized and life unsafe, we fall silent. We balance between propaganda and what we witness, between public opinion and personal morality, between social conformity and our own…Continue reading→
Bengi Gumrukcu, NUIEC Scholar Lecture Series
Country of Origin: TurkeyLocation: US “Opposition Parties Abroad: Divergent Tactics of Parties in the Diaspora” While existing literature on party politics primarily centers on nation states, the profound impacts of globalization and transnationalization in recent decades have prompted significant reforms…Continue reading→
Nasim Sohail, NUIEC Scholar Lecture Series
Country of Origin: AfghanistanLocation: US “Academic Freedom – How Do We Know When We Are No Longer Free?” A proposed panel discussion featuring consortium scholars on the erosion of academic freedom in their home counties, and what American higher education…Continue reading→